Washing-machine.



Patented Mar. 25, 1902.

N0. 695,909. A. A. CASLER.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application flled May 17 1901.)

(No Model.)

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ALONZO A. OASLER, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS B. ORARY, OFBINGHAMTON, NEV YORK.

WASHING IWACHINE.

SIEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,909, dated March25, 1902.

Application filed May 17,1901. Serial. No. 60,734. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO A. OASLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio,haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in washing-machines, andparticularly to that class which embodies a rotating tub provided withrubbing-cleats and a separate rubbingdisk suspended in and separate fromthe tub.

The object of this invention is to simplify and perfect this class ofwashing-machines, at the same time to so construct the machine that itwill be cheap, durable, and eificient in operation.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combinations andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved machine, showing the suds-tub and upper rubbing-disk insection, the base in elevation. Fig. 2 is a top view showing theconstruction of the frame, hinged arm, and mode of attaching thesprings. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of upper rubbing-disk, showing thelocking-bar to prevent the disk from turning with the rotation of thesuds-tub. Fig. 4 shows a vertical sectional view of portion of upperrubbingdisk to show more fully the arrangement and construction of thevertical sleeve and rubupward and above the top of the suds-tub E.Secured to the inner face and about three inches above the upper edge ofthe tub is the hinge-block F. To the outer end of the same is hinged bythe hinge Gr the horizontal arm H. The said arm is reinforced upon thelower side and at the loose end, through which is a center round openingI to receive the vertical guide-rod J. The said rod extends downward andengages within the vertical sleeve K, forming a portion of the upperrubbingdisk L. The upper end of the guide-rod is provided with ahand-hole M. Secured upon the upper end of the vertical sleeve K is thering N, provided with a projecting pin 0, one upon each side and on aline with the center. Upon the said pins is pivoted the locking-bar P.The said bar is composed of a rod having its lower end formed into anin- Verted-U-shaped loop, and an eye Q, formed upon each end to engageand pivot the same upon the pins 0, as shown in Fig. 4E. Secured uponone edge of the hinge-block F is an eye bolt B, through which passes theloose end of the brace P.

It will be readily seen by those skilled in the art when the upperrubbing-disk is raised barP will slide through the eyebolt R, allowing aperfect adjustment to the same.

In Fig. 1 I show a locking device which is composed of a curved lever S,pivoted in the vertical post 0. The curved end when the tub is lockedengages an eye-plate T, secured upon the side and near the upper edge ofthe tub. The tub may rest upon any suitable rotating bearing having aspring checking device, as shown.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a rotatable suds-tub, of a base, a platformthereon, a vertical post rising from the platform, an arm hinged on thepost and extended horizontally over the suds-tub, the upperrubbing-disk, a Vertical sleeve carried thereby, a rod passed through anopening in said arm, and into said sleeve, a ring upon said sleeve, apin projecting from each side of said ring, a guide and a lockingbarhaving one end passed loosely through said guide, and its lower endformed into an inverted loop with eyes loosely receiving said pins,allsubstantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALONZO A. OASLER.

\Vitnesses:

R. F. BIEBER, DOANE CAFFERTY.

